Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)

Speaking Freely is back with a fresh new interview featuring free speech luminary Nadine Strossen https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-nadine-strossen

“The open access movement is fighting to get rid of paywalls altogether, and we are making progress. But in the meantime, thanks to Alexandra’s courage and creativity, researchers around the world have SciHub. It is my honor and privilege to recognize her with a 2023 EFF Award.”

We are #thankful for the nonprofit community we're standing with to defend .ORG. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/nonprofit-community-stands-together-protect-org

In a forceful ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that disclosing a password is “testimony” protected by the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination, citing our amicus brief in the case. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/victory-pennsylvania-supreme-court-rules-police-cant-force-you-tell-them-your

The history of USENET and the alt. hierarchy shows what we lost when the Internet stopped being about protocols and started being about products—a catastrophe adversarial interoperability staved off for decades, until we blocked it with terrible tech laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/altinteroperabilityadversarial

BREAKING: a federal judge has ruled that suspicionless searches of travelers’ cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices when we cross the U.S. border are unconstitutional.

This is an enormous victory for privacy. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops

Dear Facebook: If your rules are inappropriate to apply to politicians, why are they appropriate to apply to the rest of us? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/facebook-shouldnt-give-politicians-more-power-ordinary-users

San Franciscans who aren't techies, but are concerned about privacy: Join Electronic Frontier Alliance group @noisebridge this Friday for a Surveillance Self-Defense Workshop! https://twitter.com/noisebridge/status/1163208975892066304

This dangerous proposal in Congress would throw out one of our most important defenses against patent trolls. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-don-t-need-more-bad-patents-8941b5c6-5bb1-4d93-9ca1-a2da87c4458e

If Congress is able to rewrite patent laws this year, it will throw out software developers’ best defenses against patent trolls. Tell them to stop. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-don-t-need-more-bad-patents-8941b5c6-5bb1-4d93-9ca1-a2da87c4458e

For two weeks only, you can become a member of EFF for just $20. Help us build a better digital future. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/better-digital-future-possible

It is not enough for government to pass laws that protect consumers from corporations that harvest and monetize their personal data. It is also necessary for these laws to have teeth. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/effs-recommendations-consumer-data-privacy-laws

15 years ago, EFF's @doctorow told Microsoft:

1. That DRM systems don't work

2. That DRM systems are bad for society

3. That DRM systems are bad for business

4. That DRM systems are bad for artists

5. That DRM is a bad business-move

He was right.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k3wkk/microsoft-ebooks-will-stop-working-because-its-shutting-down-a-drm-server

California's deregulation of Comcast and AT&T has blown a hole in state communications privacy law. It is time to let law expire, rather than renew it through AB 1366. Contact your Senators and tell them to vote no. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/californias-isp-deregulation-law-allows-recording-voip-calls-without-consent

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Can we really trust Customs and Border Protection with our text messages and phone camera rolls? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/congress-should-pass-protecting-data-border-act

New York: Tell your lawmakers to support two right to repair bills that would make repair of phones, tablets and other digital electronic equipment easier and more accessible for New York residents. https://act.eff.org/action/new-yorkers-demand-your-right-to-repair-ebf1e186-a3b0-4329-b6a1-a203fe235085

Russia tightens its firewall, with a crackdown against VPNs that bypass its state censorship: https://gizmodo.com/russia-plans-to-block-major-vpns-as-next-step-in-closin-1835326332

New research based on publisher data has found that using invasive tracking for ads brings publishers just 4% more in revenue than ads that don't rely on tracking. Publishers should reevaluate the real costs and benefits of invasive ads. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/research-shows-publishers-benefit-little-tracking-ads

How do student groups build the movement for digital rights? Check out our case study of @YalePrivacyLab, a grassroots student group in the Electronic Frontier Alliance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/securing-institutions-we-rely-grassroots-case-study